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Segment reporting (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Operating Revenue by Principal Geographic Area | resource allocations. Information concerning operating revenue by geographic area for the period ended December 31 is as follows (in millions):
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
North America |  | $ | 610.0 |  |  | $ | 638.9 |  |  | $ | 559.6 |
Panama |  |  | 413.5 |  |  |  | 371.6 |  |  |  | 374.2 |
Central America and the Caribbean |  |  | 275.3 |  |  |  | 273.6 |  |  |  | 289.0 |
Brazil |  |  | 363.7 |  |  |  | 245.4 |  |  |  | 290.6 |
Colombia |  |  | 197.9 |  |  |  | 146.1 |  |  |  | 174.2 |
Others South America |  |  | 667.2 |  |  |  | 546.2 |  |  |  | 566.1 |
|  | $ | 2,527.6 |  |  | $ | 2,221.8 |  |  | $ | 2,253.7 |

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